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    Vintage camera sparks in-flight panic and emergency landing
    Oct 13, 2021 Alex Baker

    Being a camera enthusiast can sometimes land you in some hot water (and not just with your spouse when you’ve bought a new lens!). An…

    This “Battle of the Bokeh” pits the Laowa 35mm f/0.95 against the TTArtisan 90mm f/1.25
    Oct 13, 2021 Alex Baker

    Bokeh balls. I wasn’t aware that was a phrase but apparently, it is, according to this rather amusing video by Kai and Lok. In the…

    DIYP reviews the IWATA master tube lights series
    Oct 12, 2021 Tom Saimon

    Tubelights are becoming ever more popular. The last player to join the game is IWATA (whom we remember for their excellent mini panel). Actually, the…

    Canon’s monster 1200mm f/5.6 lens fetches a record $580,000 at auction
    Oct 12, 2021 John Aldred

    Canon’s 1200mm f/5.6 is generally regarded as the stuff of myth and legend. Of course, the lens exists, but there are so few of them…

    How I created a razor sharp Blade of Light
    Oct 12, 2021 Stefano Tealdi

    In the past months, I was obsessed with some photos of Karl Taylor showing a blade of light on a model’s face, and I wanted…

    Fiverr has acquired CreativeLive but Chase Jarvis will remain at the helm
    Oct 7, 2021 John Aldred

    Well, this is a bit of a shocker. CreativeLive, the online learning platform that’s been helping to satisfy the educational needs of photographers and filmmakers…

    If you want to learn the original art of negative retouching, this book from 1908 will teach you how
    Oct 5, 2021 Alex Baker

    We all assume that Photoshop and the art of retouching is a fairly new phenomenon. When you think of image retouching you automatically think of…

    This popular tourist Instagramable village in China is entirely fake
    Oct 5, 2021 Alex Baker

    You’re in an exotic location where time seems to stand still. A farmer dressed in an outfit fit for the 19th Century walks slowly past,…

    Hong Kong will give jail terms for upskirting photo offences
    Oct 1, 2021 Alex Baker

    People caught taking or sharing non-consensual images or videos of another person’s intimate regions could face up to 5 years of jail time after Hong…

    Here are some of the most captivating shots from this year’s Ocean Photographer of the Year Awards
    Sep 30, 2021 Alex Baker

    “Show me something I haven’t seen before”. That is the voice of my photography teacher in almost every review session and something that I try…